KENYATTA UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS DEPARTMENT

PROJECT TITLE: ACCESS CONTROL AND AUTHENTICATION USING RFID AND FINGERPRINT

NAME: SIMON CHEGE

REG. NO.: J174/1706/2011

SUPERVISOR: A. MBUGUA

• System components: microcontroller, RFID reader, Fingerprint scanner and LCD.• Application: Industries, Companies and Offices• Features measured: face, fingerprints, hand geometry, handwriting,

iris, retinal, vein, and voice. • Algorithm cannot be reconverted to an image, so no one can’t

duplicate your fingerprints.

INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND OVERVIEW

PROBLEM STATEMENT & JUSTIFICATION• Security is a matter of concern to every company or public sector• Check:

What you haveWhat you knowWho you are

• unique, physical attributeharder to fake.You can't guess. You can't misplace. You can't forget.

OBJECTIVES

• Main objective: Combine the “what you have” and “who you are” concept.• The specific objectives include:

User friendly systemAuthenticate and validate access

LITERATURE REVIEW

• [3] presents a radio-frequency identification (RFID)-enabled traceability system for the management of consignment and high value products requiring item level traceability in a hospital environment. • An Ambient Intelligence platform, NIGHT Care, for remote monitoring

and control of overnight living environment is proposed by Cecilia in their paper [4]

METHODOLOGY

• BLOCK DIAGRAM

GSM MODEM

FINGERPRINT SCANNER

RFID READER

RFID TAG

POWER SUPPLY

DC MOTORDRIVER AND RELAY UNIT

LCD DISPLAYMICRO CONTROLLER

IMPLEMENTATION AND OBSERVATION• INVALD TAG

IMPLEMENTATION AND OBSERVATION• VALD TAG

RESULTS ANALYSIS• Invalid tags: Message display, Tag number, door closed, initialize

system.• Valid tags: message display, Tag number, Owner, Door open, warning

timeout, door close• Idle: door closed

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION• CONCLUSIONThe system can be used in wide applications for verification, validation and authentication of use of different facilities.

• RECOMMENDATIONThe system can be improved if higher level of security is required by using GSM for monitoring.The Fingerprint part can be implemented later when the right hardware is available.

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